Diplodocus Class Blog - Autumn Term 2

Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 10:05am

We’ve made it!

Can you believe it we have finished Autumn 2! We had our first Parents’ Evening, a trip out to watch The Snowman, we dashed for Santa, had a disco and went to Bethlehem!

The weather has got colder but this hasn’t stopped Reception enjoying our outdoor area. The children are using the outdoor space incredibly well and are developing their physical, imaginative, speaking, listening and social skills whilst they play.

The children have been working hard on developing their fine motor skills. They have been busy building models in the DT area and participating in weekly fine motor activities in our ‘Funky Fingers’ area. Furthermore, the children have been working extremely hard using a pencil. Correct letter formation is being taught and children are encouraged to write in all areas of the classroom. We have now introduced all 26 letters of the alphabet. The children are growing in confidence when forming their letters. We are beginning to write simple words and are working hard on segmenting a word in order to spell.

Children are now reading on a daily basis as a whole class and these books are coming home. They are developing their blending skills in order to read simple words and sentences. Please continue to read with your child at least three times throughout the week and return your child’s book by Wednesday so a new one can be sent out on Friday. Thank you for your continued support with this.

In maths, we have explored the numbers from one to ten. The children have really enjoyed investigating numbers practically, using everyday objects and mathematical resources. They have also focused on exploring and finding different ways to make a number using Numicon I.e. 6+3+1=10. The children are developing their 1:1 counting skills and continued support at home is much appreciated.

Tapestry is now a well-established way of communication. We hope you love it as much as we do! Please continue sending in photos and video observations of your child, this will enable us to achieve a well-rounded picture of each individual child. As always, if you have any questions or need any support in using Tapestry then please speak to a member of the Reception team. We regularly put photos up so please give them a like!

Children have made super progress this half term. We are so, so, so proud of them. We look forward to helping them grow and develop in the Spring term. We are also excited to have Miss Holmes back in our Dream Team!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Team Reception

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